Princeton, Arkansas Weather
Princeton, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Princeton, Dallas County.
Full aviation weather for Princeton is published on the Malvern Municipal Airport (KM78) page, 41 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Princeton have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Princeton: Harrell Field (KCDH) 42 km · Dexter B Florence Memorial Field (KADF) 43 km · Sheridan Municipal Airport (K9M8) 46 km · Gurdon Lowe Field (K5M8) 51 km · Hampton Municipal Airport (K0R6) 53 km
Conditions reported at KM78 describe the airfield itself. Weather 41 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Princeton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Princeton.
About Princeton, Arkansas
Princeton rests in the humid embrace of Dallas County, Arkansas, a place where the land itself seems to breathe with a slow, verdant exhalation. It lies 39.4 miles west-south-west of Pine Bluff, AR (from Pine Bluff, AR: bearing 245°T), and is situated 16.8 miles north-west of Fordyce. Rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, give way to the richer, darker soils of the bottomlands, where the air hangs thick with the scent of pine and damp earth, especially after a summer shower. Ancient oaks, their limbs gnarled like the hands of storytellers, stand sentinel over fields that stretch towards the horizon, their green hues deepening as the sun begins its descent, casting long, languid shadows. The quiet here is not an absence of sound, but a tapestry woven from the hum of cicadas, the distant call of a crow, and the gentle rustle of leaves, a symphony that plays out under skies that often hold the promise of rain. The story of Princeton is one of agriculture and endurance, a narrative written in the furrows of its fields and the weathered wood of its older buildings. For generations, the rich earth has yielded its bounty, primarily cotton and timber, shaping the lives and livelihoods of those who call Princeton home. The echoes of its past can be felt in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture, remnants of a time when the community was more deeply connected to the land's cycles. While the economy has shifted, the spirit of resilience, born from the challenges of rural life and the deep roots of its founding families, still anchors Princeton, a quiet testament to the enduring strength of place.
Live animated radar for Princeton and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Princeton, Dallas County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 33.981768°N, 92.624604°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71725 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Princeton, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Princeton, Arkansas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Princeton includes coordinates 33.981768°N, 92.624604°W, situated in Dallas County. ZIP code 71725. Telephone area code: 870. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
